A New Equation For Mathematics Education

A $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant is changing mathematics education in Milwaukee Public Schools. UWM administers the grant for the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership (MMP), an initiative of the Milwaukee Partnership Academy. The NSF grant encompasses numerous goals; however, improving mathematics teaching and learning is key. "We need to give teachers a deep knowledge of mathematics and a tool kit of teaching approaches to help assure that every student can not only do mathematical computation, but also can...PDF